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GrainHenge Meeting Creek Small Batch Canadian Whisky Review.
It’s always a treat to find a whisky that’s made in your back yard. Granted, Canada’s backyard is pretty big so it’s in our back yard, around the corner and a couple of time zones down the road.
Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review.
Angels Envy is produced by the Louisville Distilling Company and was started by former Brown-Foreman master distiller, Lincoln Henderson and his son, Wes. What’s interesting about this Port Cask finish is that it is made in small batches.
Ezra Brooks 99 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review.
On the nose, you felt the presence of the 49.5% abv. Rather than muggy Kentucky heat, it was the same warm glow I “felt” from seeing EB99 in my glass.
Michter’s Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey Review.
There’s a nice airiness to the Michter’s Straight Rye with dry oak and grassy notes. It’s also sweet and fruity thanks to the presence of vanilla and cherries.
Ardbeg Wee Beastie 5-Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Review.
The Wee Beastie is straw coloured which isn’t surprising seeing that it’s a wee youthful whiskey. Still though, for its age it’s seen time in ex-bourbon and oloroso casks. Having enjoyed the 10-year old and Uigeadail, my taste buds readied themselves for a peat blam.
Lugnaquilla Irish Whiskey Review.
Lugnaquilla (pronounced Log Na Coille) peated Irish Whiskey is produced for The Barrel Hunter Corporation in Vaughn, Ontario, who partner up with different distilleries around the world to create gins, vodkas, tequilas, wines, and whiskies.
Connoisseurs Choice – 1996 Allt A Bhainne Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Review.
You're So Bhainne. Connoisseurs Choice - 1996 Allt A Bhainne Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Gordon & MacPhail Carly Simon’s “Your So Bhainne” came out in 1972. It hit number one in Canada, New Zealand, Australia in the US. Billboard Magazine has...
J.P. Wiser’s 22 Year Old Cask Strength Blend Port Cask Finish Canadian Whisky Review
Port Of Call. 22 Year Old Cask Strength Blend Port Cask Finish Canadian Whisky J.P. Wiser's We humans are funny. We don’t see someone for a couple of days then when we do, we ask them “What’s new?” and the conversation takes off. We don’t see someone for a few...
1792 Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review
Sometimes, It's OK To Think Small. Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Barton 1792 In 1682, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed for France the whole Mississippi and surrounding territories which included an area to become Kentucky. Perhaps he...
Manifest 100% Rye Whiskey Review
Drams To The Left Of Me. Whiskey To The Right. Here I Am Poured In The Middle With You. 100% Rye Whiskey Manifest Distilling Expectations. We all have them: belief that something will happen in the future. Or, that something is supposed to happen. Then again,...